• Documentation for running new package of STS on Windows 10 updated

• Additional packaging for STS software

• Merry Christmas! STS version 4 released (Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator)

• Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator "How to" videos now available

The instructions for using STS on a Windows computer have been updated to include the UniServer package. As I mentioned in the previous post, this web server / database server platform is smaller than XAMPP and simpler to deploy. There's no installation process, just download, unzip, and run it. XAMPP is supposedly a little faster but I haven't noticed that UniServer's speed is unacceptable, at least on my Windows 10 Pro desktop.

Now that STS version 4 is making the rounds of those model railroaders interested in operations, we're finding that the web server - database server - programming language platform with which it's been packaged these past several years is occasionally having issues with some versions of Microsoft Windows 10.

The XAMPP package includes the Apache 2 webserver, the MySQL/MariaDB database server, and the PHP programming language system. XAMPP relies on some Microsoft programming libraries and some versions of Windows 10 seem not to have the most current version of them.

Just in time for Christmas, I've posted Version 4 of the Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator to the 'net. Here's a link to the folder that contains the STS software and documentation:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FBQzxxBRhtz0rK5plvw2pim55jO0Njiz...

Version 3 of the Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator (STS) has been available for a while, but I just finished some "How-to" videos that will help with the database set up process and using STS during an operating session. There are seven videos in all. So far.

Version 3 of the Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator is now available and ready for downloading. Click here to view the STS introductory web page which provides an overview of the application and contains a link to the software and documentation files.

Those of you interested in computer-assisted car forwarding systems may have read some of the posts that I've submitted during the summer about the Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator, a free, web-based, multi-user system that generates freight traffic and can also track cars, print waybills, switchlists, etc...

Testing in progress on the ONE MODEL RAILROAD CAR FORWARDING SYSTEM TO RULE THEM ALL!

ONE MODEL RAILROAD CAR FORWARDING SYSTEM TO RULE THEM ALL!

(Link to Part 5: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/29630)